MENNONITE COLLEGE OF NURSING

Maternal Infant Nursing - 316. LECTURE GUIDE. Complications of the Neonate-- Unit VI--D. UNIT IV-D COMPLICATIONS OF THE NEONATE. I. Hyperbilirubinemia in the Neonate. A. Definition: an elevation of bilirubin level. The following criteria are used to define "Pathologic" hyperbilirubinemia: 1. Clinically evident jaundice in the 1st 24 hours of life. ................
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